How to set up and use iCloud Photo Library on iPhone and iPad

Want to easily back up your iPhone’s photos and video, sync them with your other devices, and share them with friends? Apple’s iCloud Photo Library service lets you do all that while keeping your storage space free to take even more beautiful 4K video and HDR photographs. When enabled, the service backs up every photo and video you’ve snapped or saved to iCloud (assuming you’ve paid for enough iCloud storage space). In addition, it syncs those files across all other iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch devices you own and have logged in to that same iCloud account. iCloud Photo Library will save photos, videos, GIFs, screenshots, and more – and even better, when you enable it, you can use Optimize Storage to send your files immediately to iCloud and keep them from cluttering up your iPhone’s local storage space. Should you use iCloud Photo Library? Here’s how to set up iCloud Photo Library on your iPhone or iPad to back up your photos and video, optimize storage on your devices, and share images with your friends and family. How to set up iCloud Photo Library on your iPhone or iPad Note: To set up iCloud Photo Library, you must first have an iCloud account. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap the Apple ID banner at the top of the screen. Select the iCloud option. Tap Photos. Tap the iCloud Photo Library toggle at the top of the screen to turn the service on or… [Read full story]